The Holy Roman Empire in 1648, after the Peace of Westphalia

This drawing from early Ottoman Constantinople by Cristoforo Buendelmonti shows how Justinian’s column could have been problematic in its relationship with the Ottoman Hagia Sophia had it survived.

It was large & would be awkwardly competing for space visually with the minaret!

Map of romance languages. Work of Languages Eu.

Orvieto - Lauretum, by Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg. 1581

Vintage Maps How the mighty do fall 😭

The poor Roman Empire

Vintage Maps I prefer the wallpaper version

Major Paths of Early European Penetration of Present United States.

Medieval Europe in 1444

Tabula Rogeriana, one of the most advanced maps of the medieval world, drawn by Muhammad Al-Idrisi in 1154

Rimini, Italy by Braun & Hogenberg, 1612

Palmanova by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. 1617

View on Oia in Santorini

Rome (Roma), by J.B. Homann. 1716-37

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St. Peter, Vatican by Aveline, published in Paris by the Jean family. c. 1780

Credit: vatikanischemuseen.com

Rome by Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg, 1588

Map of French Medieval Castles (Author: Jean Claude Golvin)

“The Fourth Day of Creation” Hartmann Schedel Nuremberg Chronicles, 1493

Arles amphitheater before houses were cleared (starting 1825). Source: Postcard of old engraving, scanned by Robert Schediwy . Author: J.B. (Jean Baptiste?) Guibert.

New illustration! A view of ancient Thebe east of the Nile, with the Karnak temple complex. For a childrens' nonfiction book.
Client: Noordhoff